1 c^o Of Cures Chyrurgkal. Lib. II. 



then warm hisPlaifter over a Chafing-difh of Coals^ and fo lay it to 

 again : And this Pra<5fcice in two or three Months will take away any 

 Deformiiy of Swelling^ be the Member never fo uncomely. 



Now there be other Farriers^ which for this Farcy, if it be but 

 young, and efpecially if it be about the Head or Face of a Horfe, 

 will take only of Aquavitae two fpoonfuls, of the Juice of Garlick 

 two fpoonfuls I and of the Juice of Rew^ or Herb of Grace, two 

 fpoonfuls, mix them well together, then take Plegants or round Balls 

 of Flax, and fteep them therein, and then flop them hard into the 

 Horfe's Ears ; then take a Needle and Thread, and ftitch the tips of 

 his two Ears together, by means whereof, he cannot fhake out the 

 Medicine, and ufe the Horfe thus three feveral Mornings together, 

 and it will kill the Farcy, as hath been often proved. 



<F Other Farriers ufe to take Drag-worts, or Groundfel, and beat 

 it well in a Mortar with white Salt, and then flop it hard into the 

 Horfe's Ears, and fo either ftitch them together, or with a broad Incle 

 bind them up, renewing it once in Fourteen Hours for three or four 

 Dreflings, and it will heal any reafonable Farcy. 



Others ufe to anoint all the Sores either with Tanfey and Verjuice 

 boiled together ; or elfe with Boars-greafe very hot, and that will kill 

 it. Others ufe firft to wafti the Sores with old Urine, then take the 

 Powder of Glafs, Brimftone, and Hogs-greafe wellftamped and beaten, 

 together j then opening and flitting the Knots, anoint them all there- 

 with, and it will cure them immediately. Other Farriers ufe to let 

 the Horfe Blood, if it be at the beginning of the Difeafe, or elfe not ; 

 and then to burn all the Knots as is aforefaid, and then to heal the 

 burnings with Tar, Oil, and Honey mixt together, and give him with 

 u pint of Malmfey, two or three fpoonfuls of the Powder Diapente ; 

 or elle give him four ounces of the Powder of Wall- Wort, or Dan- 

 Wort, with a pint and a half of Malmfey three Days together ; after 

 that, take an ounce of Aloes, one ounce of Centaury, one ounce of 

 Opoponax, beat them all into fine Powder, and give them him to 

 drink in a pint and a half of Malmfey warmed, wherein the Roots 

 of the aforefaid Herb called Wall- Wort, or Dan- Wort, have been fod- 

 den '. Ufe to ride him often until he fweat, and when the Difeafe is 

 killed, turn him to Grafs ^ for running in the open Air is very whol- 

 fome. 



There be others which take Black-Soap, Arfnick, unflackt Lime, 

 Verdigreafe, and Red Lead, work all thefe well together, and open- 

 ing the Knots, drefs them therewith till you fee them begin to dry 

 up and die. Others open the Knots with a hot Iron, and then take 

 Black-Soap and great Bay-Salt beaten together, and half To much as 

 of themj of Verdigreafe, and boil the Verdigreafe with frefh Greafe, 



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